Charity swim from Aran Islands to Doolin

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Thirteen swimmers, triathletes and lifeguards are taking part in intensive training for a charity swim from the Aran Islands to Doolin in Co Clare.

Hospice fundraiser will challenge walkers

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

A three-way walking challenge hosted by the Galway-based Lakedistrict hillwalking club will raise vital funding for the Mayo/Roscommon and Galway Hospice foundations, and offer a leisurely and healthy exercise opportunity for everybody in the great outdoors.

Portiuncula Hospital to be run as a trust if FG gets into power

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

If the Fine Gael party get into government Portiuncula Hospital will be run as a trust with greater autonomy and an ability to broaden its focus further, the party’s health spokesperson Dr James Reilly confirmed this week.

Arás decision in the autumn, says Michael D

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Galway West TD and Labour spokesman for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht Michael D Higgins has reaffirmed his desire to consider a bid for the presidency.

Flying acrobatics at Spanish Parade

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

If you happen to be around Spanish Parade next week you might see a man and a a woman flying through hoops.

Man broke down after seeing CCTV of his assault on stranger

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

The Galway District Court heard this week how a 26-year-old Galway man “broke down” when he saw CCTV footage of himself punching a woman in a city centre restaurant and breaking her nose.

Go racing to Ballybrit and help Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

The Galway voluntary group of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association will host a race day on Saturday July 31 at the Galway Summer Racing Festival to celebrate the organisation’s 25th anniversary.

Six allotments sites identified

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Rahoon, Dangan Knocknacarra, Renmore, Ballyloughan Road, and Doughiska have all been identified as possible sites for garden allotments in the city.

Access Music Project fundraising gig

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Kelly’s Bar on Bridge Street will hold a concert to raise funds for the ongoing work of the Access Music Project, which provides music education to Galwegians every year.

Claddagh famine graveyard exhibition to open in London

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

A visual arts exhibition inspired by the Claddagh and the area’s experience of the Famine, originally exhibited in the Galway City Museum, is to be shown in London.

Deadline looms for submission on new Garda station plans

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Drawings and plans for the proposed new Garda station in Murrough, Dublin Road, can be viewed by the public in the Garda Office in Mill Street.

Family fun day and motorsport show returns to Oranmore

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Following the success of last year’s family fun day and motorsport show , Frank Byrnes Autobody Repairs in Oranmore is announcing that it will once again host the family day out.

Have your say on British queen’s visit

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Does the idea of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II visiting Ireland horrify you? Delight you? Or do you think there is too much fuss over someone who is simply another foreign head of state?

Conference to discuss ancient Ireland’s contribution to mathematics

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

The era of ‘the island of saints and scholars’ is no myth, but a dynamic period of Irish history, aspects of which will be discussed and analysed by leading scholars at an event in NUI, Galway.

Marine Institute charity event for Galway Lifeboat

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

The Marine Institute is holding a Summer Fête – Family Fun Pirate Day at its headquarters in Rinville, Oranmore, on Sunday July 11 from 1pm to 5.30pm in aid of Galway Lifeboat.

The fun day offers a great opportunity to meet friends, enjoy a range of cakes, tasty treats and a sausage sizzle, courtesy of the Harbour Hotel, Kylemore Abbey, and Compass Catering. The public will also have the opportunity to enjoy live music while looking out over Galway Bay.

Memorial swim to raise funds for cancer charity

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

The fifth annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West will take place on Saturday July 24. The 13k event begins in Auginish in Co Clare and ends at Blackrock diving tower in Salthill.

Petition will ask Galway shoppers to boycott Israeli goods

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Galway shoppers will tomorrow be asked to sign a petition asking Dunnes Stores throughout Ireland to remove all Israeli goods from their stores.

Demand for NUI Galway places soars

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Demand for places at NUI Galway has soared with first preferences applications for undergraduate degrees increasing by 18 per cent in the last two years.

Make your view known on new planning guidelines for roads

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Galwegians are being asked to make their views known on the planning guidelines for national secondary and primary routes such as the N59, N84, N17 and the N18.

Bening out, Gleeson in for Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 08, 2010

Brendan Gleeson, one of Ireland’s finest and most admired actors, will attend this year’s Galway Film Fleadh and take part in the public interview in the Town Hall this weekend.

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